“When Jewish teens get to be together, for athletics and social action, to celebrate Israel, they are celebrating their Judaism. It’s not in a traditional venue but still the same Judaism that has persisted for millennia.”

Americans for Peace Now welcomes the news that the Obama Administration and its P5 1 partners — France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China — have reached an agreement with Iran to radically roll back and limit Iran’s nuclear program.

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It recently became clear to me that despite all our efforts to publicize the work that we do at the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, even some of our most generous donors and most stalwart supporters don’t always know — through no fault of their own — the full extent of our activities.

“Whether you are a teacher, a kid or a parent, we’re all on a Jewish journey together,” said Karen Faust. And that is the case “even if you are not Jewish, because we’re always learning about Judaism.”

For about 17 years previously, groups of Jewish teens from Wisconsin and the Sovev Kinneret (around Lake Kinneret) region in Israel have visited each other for a Teen Mifgash (Encounter) program that provides informal education for both. This year, the encounter had a surprise addition.

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When the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles came out with a strongly worded statement opposing the Iran nuclear deal, it became one of a handful of federations across the country to stake out a clear position on the agreement.